Good morning, welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, march 13th. We have so much more to get to with that hearing yesterday on capitol hill. Democrats pressed the former Special Counsel on his language about President Bidens memory while republicans wanted to know why the president wasnt charged. Meanwhile, also on capitol hill, today the who house is expected to vote on a bill that could lead to a ban on one of the most popular apps in america. Well explain that legislation. Well also get analysis on the alarming comments from russian president Vladimir Putin this morning about the threat to use nuclear weapons. Hes saying that if russias sovereignty or independence is threatened, he will use nukes. Good morning, everybody. Along with willie and me, we have the host of wasteway, bureau chief at politico jonathan louisiana mere. Msnbc contributor Mike Barnacle and jonathan martin. Great group this morning. Also has President Biden announced a new Weapons Package for ukraine. According
to him but to the government. his body man and alleged co-conspirator walt nauta appeared alongside him and also pleaded not guilty. all of it taking place in a city that has been bracing for this unprecedented day, this unprecedented event and as always is the case with donald trump bracing for the potential of violence. officials in atlanta are reportedly keeping a close eye on the security steps taken in miami given the possibility that fulton county district attorney may become the third prosecutor to bring charges against the ex-president. as for the ex-president himself, he has not spoken today, but on his social media site truth social he s been lashing out at the justice department, airing his usual grievances about the justice department and about what he calls a witch-hunt. his heated rhetoric against special counsel jack smith and attorney general merrick garland and the justice department will have no bearing on the legal process, however, judge jonathan goodman r
Trial and to be to be able to evaluate that evidence prior to making a decision in the next election. i ve seen some of this sad day stuff. i think the sadder part of the day, if there is one, i think it s a great day for the rule of law. i think it s been an open question in foreign capitals whether or not the rule of law applies to everyone in this country. i mean, if any of you have conversations with anyone who works in government outside of america that s their big question for us and i think jack smith has answered it for us in a way that makes us less sad than we were 72 hours ago. my question for both of you, garrett talked about the security around jack smith. the security around jack smith i imagine is much more than it would have been if he wasn t prosecuting donald trump. right. which is a rhetorical indictment of donald trump who has now been legally indicted. nicolle, you re doing what you do which is go to the fundamentals of this. these dates matter. this is june